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Mo Amer and Guz Khan review – hip-hop and hummus in a double dose of funny

Leicester Square theatre, London
Netflix’s Vagabond star teams up with Man Like Mobeen’s Khan to headline a mischievous night of smart gags

When the US standup Mo Amer first toured the UK, it was on the Muslim comedy bill Allah Made Me. There are echoes of that show in Persons of Interest, which isn’t about religion, but is about being brown and viewed askance by the white mainstream. On this tour, Amer teams up with the UK comic and Man Like Mobeen star Guz Khan. They are supported by New York DJ/standup Cipha Sounds and American-Indian-Iranian comic Omid Singh.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, most of the laughs derive from cultural difference, from Cipha Sounds’ gags about big Puerto Rican families via Khan’s primer in South Asian stereotypes to Amer’s uptight set piece about how to prepare hummus. That familiar brand of humour is deployed with an expert touch here. Additional heat is supplied by Sounds’ hip-hop atmospherics – all hype and honking klaxons – throughout the show.

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